Combined socket and anchorage



A. CHAMBLEY. COMBINED SOCKET AND ANCHORAGE. APPLICATION FILED IuNE I6,1919.

L368,896. Patented Feb. 15, 1921.,

uiTED COMBINED' socxE'r AND ANCHORAGE.

Speciatio'n of Letters Patent. Patented Fey 15, 921

Application filed .'lune 16, 1919. Serial No. 304,637.

To all whom it myconccm:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER CHAM- BLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombined Sockets and Anchorage, of which the following is aspecification.

An object of the invention is to provide a device for `use inlconnection with piles, pillars or other supporting or fastening memberswhereby the latter will be effectually socketed and anchored againstremoval from materials such as the earth, concrete, wood or otherpenetrable substances.

The invention is particularly adapted to the settingi and anchoringof'concrete, wood or other piling to the end that the latterwill besecurely held in position and, 1f desired, be capable'of supportinggreat weight. l

Among other features the invention compi-ehends a socket which forinstance, may be screwed or driven into the ground to foi-m an anchoragefor a foundation pile whose association with the socket and the novelform of construction of the latter,

will permit of subjecting the pile to a heavy overhead load withoutdanger of any subsequent settling of the foundation. So also the socketmay be driven home in some other material such as wood, and a suitablefastening device later associated with the socket to secure and anchorthe former to prevent accidental removal thereof.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to behad to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part ofthis speciication, in whichsimilar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all theviews, and in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View taken through the socket, showingthe latter in an y anchored position, a pile for the socket being shownin elevation,

Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe socket,

Fig. 3 is a plan view,

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a slightly modified form of Socket,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through still another slightlymodified form of the device.

Referring more particularly to the views the numeral 10 indicates thesocket in its entirety, the latter comprising a hollow cylindrical body11 formed at its lower end with a preferably solid pointed base 12 andterminating at its upper end in a circular head 13, the body 11, betweenthe base l2 and head 18 being externally threaded as at 14. The base 12,within the hollow portion of the body, has a recess 15, preferablysquare 4in formation for the reception of a driving tool or implement(not shown) whereby the socket can be screwed into the ground or othermaterial, additional slots 16 being also provided in the head 13 for thesame purpose. p

The head 13 has a plurality of opposed wings 17. struck therefrom, asshown, said wings being provided to prevent retraction of the socketfrom the material into which it has been embedded'in that a reversal ofrotation of the socket will cause the wings to grip against the materialand thereb act as a lock preventing the later remova of the socket.

After thesocket described and particularly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, hasbeen driven to the desired depth, the' bore 18, formed by the hollowportion of the cylindrical bod is adapted to receive the lower end of ap' e 19, which latter may be of wood, concrete or some other material,the pile when cf-concretebeing preferably established by pouring cementinto the bore and if desired, suitably reinforcing the same with steelrods or the like.

In Fig. 4 the modified form of socket shown is indicated by the numeral10, and includes a base 12a, having the threads of the bodyll continuedto the lower end of the base, the socket, including the head 13a andwings 17, being otherwise substantially the samein shape and formationas the socket shownin Figs. 1, 2 and 3.'

In Fig. 5, I disclose still another slight modification ofthe' preferredform of my device and in which instance the body 11 has its base 12?open, being in fact a continuation .of the hollow portion of the body11b with the remainder of the socket of substantially the same form asthe forms shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

In the use of the Sockets disclosed, attention is called to the factthat whereas with the ordinary base that may be and sometimes isemployed in the sinking of piliiig,-the enf tire weight is concentratedon the base, with 'my forms of sockets the threads on the bodies aidmaterially in supporting the pile or foundation weight, the latterbecause of the provision of the threads, causing the weight to bedistributed to the ground or material immediately `:beneath and-aroundthe threads and in which they are embedded, thus preventing any settlingof the socket or its accompanying pile when the latter has once been setin place and is ready to i receive or has already received itsfoundation load. Therefore the provision of a threaded socket for the`purpose mentioned not onlypermits of the'easy forcing of the socketinto place in the material but also brings about a disposition of theWeight of the overlying or superposed piling and the like, not only tothe ground or material beneath the socket, but beneath and entirelyaround the socket throughout almost the entire length thereof.

As mentioned heretofore, the sockets described may be employedforvarious purposes. other than those particularly set forth herein, theuse of the socket as 'a means for securing supporting or fasteningmembers orrelements in swood, -ground, concrete and other penetrablesubstances being of particular advantage and merit.

Havin described my invention, I claim;

A com ined socket and anchorage of the character described comprising ahollow cylindrical body having a solid tapered lower extremity, theremaining portion of said body being of cylindrical formation in crosssection and exterior-ly threaded, ears struck from the upper end of thebodyA at diametrically opposlte points and curved substantially to thecurvature of said body and eX- tending in the same direction, said earslying in the same horizontal plane, said solid extremity having a recessin its upper end, and said body having a kerf in its upper end for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof Iy affix m signature.

ALEXANDER CHA BLEY.

